In the domestic novel "When We Were All Still Alive", a couple handles everyday surprises and disappointments, learning together how to love and be loved. In Keith McWalter’s novel "When We Were All Still Alive", an aging,... Read More

"Blooming in Winter" is the biography of a fascinating woman who managed to live her long life to the fullest. "Blooming in Winter", Pam Valois’s biography of her vivacious nonagenarian friend, Jacomena “Jackie” Maybeck, celebrates... Read More

Sofia leaves “every salty echo of the sea” behind when she goes to visit her grandparents’ house in the woods, but just because the music changes doesn’t mean it’s lost, and she conducts new movements in the thumping feet of... Read More

In this quirky picture book that reverses a common childhood fear, Ditter is a bunny who lives in a hole, far from the sun; he’s afraid of anything bright. But a waylaid shoe forces him to do the unthinkable: light a candle and look... Read More

Karen Hofmann’s skillful, visceral novel "A Brief View from the Coastal Suite" follows a family through the early days of a financial crisis. Though the 2008 financial crisis strikes Vancouver hard, the Lund siblings find ways to... Read More

Carole Bumpus’s culinary travelogue "A September to Remember" is written in the inviting voice of a learner. Bumpus’s exploration as an American abroad will draw in those who hunger for travel as much as they hunger for flavor. For... Read More

Ethan Rutherford’s "Farthest South" is a spooky, sweet, wondrous short story collection. Rutherford’s stories possess undeniable darkness, and his collection maintains suspense throughout. But the thread that connects the stories is... Read More

In Elly Bangs’s science fiction novel "Unity", two people, haunted by their past deeds, outrun an apocalypse to find new purpose. Danae was already planning her escape from Bloom City, an underwater aquapolis, when the war started. She... Read More